MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 12Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 39.27,-80.31 Latitude: 39.27 Longitude: -80.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 182 SFC 970 426 4.1 0.9 80 3.2 2.7 179 3 279.6 280.3 277.3 291.2 4.21 2 950 601 5.6 -0.2 66 5.8 3.0 213 10 282.8 283.5 278.6 294.0 3.97 3 900 1043 5.1 -2.3 59 7.4 1.9 242 13 286.8 287.4 280.0 297.0 3.58 4 850 1508 4.3 -10.4 34 14.6 -1.2 265 15 290.6 291.0 279.8 296.7 2.04 5 800 2002 5.0 -25.3 9 30.2 -3.3 277 19 296.4 296.6 280.6 298.4 0.61 6 750 2527 3.5 -12.7 29 16.2 -2.4 279 22 300.4 300.8 284.0 306.4 1.92 7 700 3084 1.0 -13.1 34 14.1 -4.2 273 25 303.6 303.9 285.2 309.8 1.99 8 650 3676 -1.9 -15.4 35 13.5 -6.6 267 28 306.8 307.1 286.2 312.5 1.77 9 600 4308 -5.4 -17.8 37 12.4 -9.4 263 32 309.9 310.2 287.1 315.0 1.57 10 550 4985 -10.0 -17.4 55 7.4 -12.3 265 39 312.2 312.5 288.1 318.0 1.78 11 500 5712 -15.3 -18.4 77 3.1 -16.2 274 51 314.4 314.7 288.8 320.3 1.79 12 450 6499 -21.0 -22.4 89 1.3 -21.4 276 52 316.8 317.1 289.2 321.5 1.41 13 400 7362 -25.3 -25.3 100 0.0 -25.3 270 61 322.1 322.3 290.6 326.3 1.22 14 350 8318 -32.6 -32.6 100 0.0 -32.6 271 69 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.3 0.71 15 300 9386 -40.2 -41.1 91 0.9 -40.2 272 81 328.8 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.35 16 250 10601 -51.1 -52.3 87 1.2 -51.1 275 82 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.12 17 200 12018 -59.6 -63.6 59 4.0 -59.6 280 81 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.04 18 150 13808 -61.8 -77.4 11 15.7 -61.9 276 68 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16310 -63.8 -83.8 5 20.0 -64.0 268 36 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5530.04 m Freezing level: 683.27 mb = 3281.63 m = 10766.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 869.09 mb = 1327.73 m = 4356.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.20 % Est. max temperature: 18.34 C = 65.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.36 mb = 824.78 m = 2705.93 ft T: 5.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 0.34 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 568.75 mb = 4723.97 m = 15498.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.52 C = 95.94 F Cap Strength: 16.34 C Lifted Index: 16.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 13.14 C Showalter Index: 15.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.55 C Cross Totals Index: 4.92 C K Index: -4.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 81.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15606.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.13 mb = 1750.22 m = 5742.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 77.02 m/s